briccola
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Provençal bricola, from Middle High German brechen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
briccola f (plural briccole)
- (Venice) any of a group of piles used to mark the navigable channels through the lagoon
- (Piedmont) a type of lever used to lift loads (especially water from a well)
- (obsolete) a type of military siege engine similar to a catapult (a mangano)
Descendants[edit]
- → French: bricole
Further reading[edit]
- briccola1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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